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Nichelle Nichols as Lt. Uhura in the "Star Trek" episode, "Journey to Babel." Season 2, Episode 10, originally aired Nov. 17, 1967. (CBS Photo Archive) Lt. Uhura’s presence on the deck of the starship ...
Over the weekend, when we lost 89-year-old Nichelle Nichols, the actor who portrayed Lt. Nyota Uhura on “Star Trek,” we lost more than one of the brightest lights of television and science fiction, ...
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A little piece of a legend still lives on in her hometown, a small village southwest of Chicago, while most of Nichelle Nichols’ fans worldwide know her for roles in “Star Trek” and at NASA. Nichols ...
Lt. Uhura’s presence on the deck of the starship Enterprise seemed routine for the 23rd century. But the casting of Nichelle Nichols, the Black actress who played Uhura on “Star Trek” in the late ...